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Re: Trade rumor thread

Originally Posted by thatcoolguy_22

I haven't read through the entire thread, but what about Cespedes for a trade target? Could be a great buy low candidate. With Beane it could just be a few prospects and someone like Heisey to give them a stop gap. Whats everyone think?

21 million over two seasons is a lot when they already have a RH leftfielder capable of producing similarly. Unless you see him as a full time CF next season.

Strikeouts went up quite a bit and walks went down last season. Seems like the league is starting to figure him out. He could adjust but that is alot to pay for a guy who is trending down and has a bad approach.

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Re: Trade rumor thread

Originally Posted by RadfordVA

21 million over two seasons is a lot when they already have a RH leftfielder capable of producing similarly. Unless you see him as a full time CF next season.

Strikeouts went up quite a bit and walks went down last season. Seems like the league is starting to figure him out. He could adjust but that is a lot to pay for a guy who is trending down and has a bad approach.

I would say trending is a strong term after only 2 years in the majors. Cespedes played injured most of the season. Finding old injury reports is tougher than I thought... Anyways his ISO last year was .202 barely below his 2012 of .214. His biggest drop in production came from rising K% and a lowered BB%. However, he actually swung at more pitches in the zone this year than in his rookie season 67% to 64%. Also, his BABIP dropped from .326 to .279.

I think the odds are high the 28 year old Cespedes will have a bounce back year, assuming he stays healthy. I still like him as a buy-low candidate. If the Reds really want to, he's about the same as Choo in CF but could be the RH slugger we need for LF.

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Re: Trade rumor thread

Originally Posted by thatcoolguy_22

I would say trending is a strong term after only 2 years in the majors. Cespedes played injured most of the season. Finding old injury reports is tougher than I thought... Anyways his ISO last year was .202 barely below his 2012 of .214. His biggest drop in production came from rising K% and a lowered BB%. However, he actually swung at more pitches in the zone this year than in his rookie season 67% to 64%. Also, his BABIP dropped from .326 to .279.

I think the odds are high the 28 year old Cespedes will have a bounce back year, assuming he stays healthy. I still like him as a buy-low candidate. If the Reds really want to, he's about the same as Choo in CF but could be the RH slugger we need for LF.

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